Welcome to the first-ever Swish Appeal WNBA fantasy basketball league!
With ESPN’s WNBA fantasy basketball platform now in its second year of operation, six of us at Swish Appeal thought it would be a fun idea to put together our own league for the 2023 WNBA season. Though we’ll be playing just for fun (no money bets here!), we’ll be checking in on each fantasy team throughout the summer here at Swish Appeal to see which squads are performing the best.
For now, though, here’s a quick primer on how we’ll be playing, including the league rules, scoring and — of course — which of us drafted which WNBA players.
The format and rules
As is typical of ESPN WNBA fantasy leagues, the Swish Appeal league will be scored in a head-to-head, weekly format. The teams who record more total points than their opponents in any given week will “win” that respective matchup.
Rosters
To encourage more strategy when drafting, roster positions were narrowed somewhat compared to the ESPN defaults. Our fantasy teams consist of ten players (seven starters, three bench players and two injured reserve (IR) spots), with the following positions:
- One guard (G)
- One forward (F)
- One center (C)
- One guard/forward (G/F)
- One forward/center (F/C)
- Two utility players (UTIL)
Dual-position…
